Hightower Coal

Hightower Coal was a coal factory in Southwark, London that was active during the mid-19th century. Built in the early 1800s, Hightower Coal provided the citizens of Southwark with power, and it was very successful until its fortunes started to decline during the 1850s. The company was accused of overworking its employees for less than the minimum wage, and, eventually, only the most desperate of job-seeking children were employed. In 1868, Jacob Frye and his Rooks gang attacked the factory, with the Rooks assassinating the foreman as Frye liberated the children of the factory.